The purpose of ethnographic research project that examines study hall behaviors might be to

a. understand the nature of students' study hall behaviors.
b. report the number of study hall minutes wasted by typical sophomore students.
c. demonstrate the value of study hall for all students
d. show the relationship between study hall time and academic achievement


a

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Why would a constructivist science teacher include fiction and nonfiction pieces of children’s literature in a unit or lesson?

a. To capture students’ interest b. To set the stage for the unit or lesson c. To provide factual information about the topic d. To provide information and pictures about aspects of the topic that the students might not otherwise experience e. All of the above f. None of the above

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Which of the following is a prerequisite skill for deriving or constructing a main idea?

A) the ability to see likeness and differences B) the ability to make predictions based on text information C) the ability to summarize a section of text D) the ability to monitor whether text is making sense or not

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Suppose you were researching the effects of psychological skills training (PST), such as goal setting and imagery, on golf-putting performance (scored out of 10).  Twenty-eight participants (14 male and 14 female) were recruited for the study.  Seven male and seven female participants were randomly allocated to each of the two conditions.  How would you describe this research design?

A. Two-way independent ANOVA B. One-way repeated-measures ANOVA C. Three-way mixed model ANOVA D. None of the above are appropriate

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Put the data you have calculated into an ANOVA summary table.

A social psychologist would like to examine the relationship between personal appearance and authority. A special questionnaire is prepared which requires very careful attention to instructions in order to fill it in correctly. Three random samples of college students are obtained. For the first group, the psychologist dresses very casually (blue jeans and T-shirt) when the questionnaire is administered. For the second sample, the psychologist wears a suit, and for the third sample, the psychologist wears a very “scientific” laboratory coat. The psychologist records the number of errors made by each individual while completing the questionnaire. These data are as follows: Blue Jeans Suit Lab Coat 4 2 1 5 4 2 4 1 1 7 3 2 4 2 2

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